Every so often a new game is announced and it’s a wonder why nobody has thought of the concept before. Saborus is a perfect example of this. It’s a horror adventure in which you play as an everyday, vulnerable, chicken trying to escape from a slaughterhouse. Saborus – named after a fictitious food production company …
Japanese indie studio Odencat (Meg’s Monster, Bear’s Restaurant) has revealed Mousebusters, a ghost hunting adventure set in a cursed apartment block, featuring pixel art visuals. You play as the block’s newest tenant, who happens to wake the day after moving in to find they’ve been transformed into a mouse. A fellow rodent, known as Chief, …
After a lengthy gestation period, beginning development in 2019, the rail-riding lightshow shooter Aaero2 has finally been given the green light for a September release. It’s set to debut on Xbox Series first, with PC to follow. It’ll hit other platforms sometime after launch. The original Aaero played similarly to early PS2 music-based gems Frequency …
Blaze are about to tread on the toes of 1UP Arcade and Numskull with their new line of bar-top arcade systems, known as Evercade Alpha. Two models have been revealed, each containing six Capcom titles. One cabinet is embroidered with Mega Man – The Power Battle, and the other Street Fighter II. The SF model …
The Istanbul-based Hero Concept has revealed Mayhem Brawler II: Best of Both Worlds – a sequel to their mostly well-received 2019 scrolling brawler, set for release on consoles and PCs in 2025. Mayhem Brawler II won’t simply offer more of the same, or even be a retreat with additional characters – it’ll feature randomised Rouge-like …
Publisher and developer QUByte has announced the retro-style boomer shooter Extinction Rifts – their first entry into the genre, and one that has been a long time coming. The ‘boomer’ part rings true here. Extinction Rifts has a focus on destruction with the protagonist able to charge up a gauntlet by causing destruction and chaos. …
The remainder of Nintendo’s 2024 slate is still under wraps. Still, we can at least pencil in one first-party release for July – Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, based on the infamous 1990 competition that ran throughout the US. Sounding like an expanded version of NES Remix, this speed-running focused compendium will offer 150 bite-sized …
The next game from Flynn’s Arcade has been revealed, and it looks set to please fans of the sleeper hit Donut Dodo. Goliath Depot shares many similarities, being a single screen platformer also intended to resemble an arcade game circa 1985. The idea is to slam doors, kick enemies, and notch up high scores – …
Indie developer Digital Cybercherries is about to brighten up the slightly dreary looking month of May with Hypercharge: Unboxed – confirmed for release on Xbox One/Xbox Series on May 31st. It takes the concept of the ‘90s movie Small Soldiers – which did, in fact, gain an often forgotten tie-in – and runs with the idea, pitting …
After two years in development and over six months in early access, Digital Eclipse’s remake of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is coming to consoles on May 23rd. Wizardry – released on the Apple II – was the first party-based RPG, launching in 1981. It was so ahead of the curve that its …
The retro-style first person shooter Phantom Fury – a follow up to Ion Fury – launches on PC today. Console owners don’t have long to wait either, with the PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Xbox Series versions due 30th May. Phantom Fury stars Ion Fury’s Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison and is set several years after the events of …
Blaze has ended their week of Evercade announcements with the reveal of Thalamus Collection 1, which brings together 11 of the British publisher’s C64 games. The trailer suggests we’re in for a mixture of space shooters and platformers, with Armalyte: Competition Edition, Hunter’s Moon Remastered, and Retrograde offering shoot’em up thrills while Hawkeye, Creatures, Summer …
A new Atari Lynx collection is coming to Switch, and there isn’t long to wait – it’s due out April 25th for £11.99 ($11.99/€13.99.) The Epyx Collection Handheld comes from Pixel Games UK and Imagine Software, who recently released a Monty Mole collection and Chip’s Challenge on the eShop. As the name suggests, it includes …
Blaze has officially confirmed that a Tomb Raider Collection is coming to Evercade. This cart will also be the pack-in title for the refreshed Evercade VS-R and Evercade EXP-R systems. Tomb Raider Collection 1, as it’s known, uses Blaze’s new larger Giga Carts that are set to retail at £22.49 ($24.99/€24.99.) It’ll feature 1996’s Tomb …
The ever-prolific WayForward are teaming with Atari to develop Yars Rising. The original Yars Revenge was a popular Atari 2600 space shooter, something that’ll be referenced here in mini-games. The bulk of the experience instead takes the form of an anime style side-scrolling exploration-based adventure, in which young hacker Emi Kimura attempts to sneak into …